Tommy : the gun that changed America / Karen Blumenthal.

By: Blumenthal, KarenMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017; �2015Edition: 1st Square Fish ed.: 2017Description: 232 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN: 9781250115409Subject(s): Thompson submachine gun -- HistoryDDC classification: 683.4/22 LOC classification: UF620.T5 | B55 2017
Contents:
Conception -- Trench broom -- The annihilator -- Ready... aim -- Rebellion -- The Chicago piano -- Wild tigers -- Valentines and violins -- Attack and intimidation -- The war on crime -- Cops and robbers -- Public enemies -- Recoil -- Reload -- The end of an era.
Summary: Presents the history of the Thompson submachine gun, discussing its development by John Taliaferro Thompson and its use in World War II and by gangsters including Al Capone and John Dillinger.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-222) and index.

Conception -- Trench broom -- The annihilator -- Ready... aim -- Rebellion -- The Chicago piano -- Wild tigers -- Valentines and violins -- Attack and intimidation -- The war on crime -- Cops and robbers -- Public enemies -- Recoil -- Reload -- The end of an era.

School Library Journal starred, June 2015

Booklist starred, June 2015

Library Media Connection starred, January 2016

Pub Weekly, April 2015

Kirkus Starred, April 2015

Horn Book, April 2016

Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2015

Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2015

Presents the history of the Thompson submachine gun, discussing its development by John Taliaferro Thompson and its use in World War II and by gangsters including Al Capone and John Dillinger.

1180 Lexile.

Young Adult Follett School Solutions.

Reading Counts RC 11.7 10.0

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